copse

copse

noun \ˈkäps\

Definition of COPSE

: coppice 1

Examples of COPSE

1. <a small copse of trees shaded the back of the house>

Origin of COPSE

by alteration

First Known Use: 1578

Related to COPSE

Synonyms: boscage (also boskage), bosk (or bosque), bosquet, brake, brushwood, chaparral, coppice, thicket, covert

Related Words: canebrake; brush, bush, scrub, scrubland; bramble, jungle, tangle; grove, hedge, stand, woodlot; forest, greenwood, wildwood, wood, woodland

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Other Ecology Terms

Malthusian, anthropogenic, biomass, carbon footprint, crepuscular, niche, sere, symbiosis, taiga, tundra

Rhymes with COPSE

chops, Ops, tops